Tamon Yamaguchi

Tamon Yamaguchi (17 August 1892-4 June 1942) was a Vice-Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Biography
Tamon Yamaguchi was born on 17 August 1892 in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1912, and from 1921 to 1923 he attended Princeton University in the United States; from 1934 to 1936 he became the naval attache to Washington DC. In November 1938, he was promoted to Rear-Admiral, and he commanded an Imperial Japanese Navy force during the Battle of Wake Island at the start of World War II in 1941 and then in the Indian Ocean Raid and at the Battle of Midway in 1942. His ship Hiryu was heavily damaged by US Air Force bombing during the battle of Midway, and he chose to go down with his ship the honorable way. After his death, he was promoted to Vice-Admiral in honor of his bravery.